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He returned to England and became a farmer in Berkshire for eight years. A right-handed [[batsman]], he represented [[Somerset County Cricket Club]] in 64 first-class matches between 1952 and 1954. He captained Somerset in 1953 and 1954, and he was one of the last amateur captains in [[county cricket]]. His captaincy did not change the fortunes of the side: they came bottom in the [[County Championship]] in the year before he was appointed, and remained bottom in both of his years in charge, losing 37 of the 56 games they played under his leadership. He was also relatively unsuccessful on a personal level, scoring 1,671 runs in 116 innings in first-class cricket, at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 15.61. Nevertheless, he also played cricket for a number of clubs, including the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC), [[I Zingari]], [[Free Foresters]], [[Hampshire Hogs]] and [[Bradfield Waifs]]. | He returned to England and became a farmer in Berkshire for eight years. A right-handed [[batsman]], he represented [[Somerset County Cricket Club]] in 64 first-class matches between 1952 and 1954. He captained Somerset in 1953 and 1954, and he was one of the last amateur captains in [[county cricket]]. His captaincy did not change the fortunes of the side: they came bottom in the [[County Championship]] in the year before he was appointed, and remained bottom in both of his years in charge, losing 37 of the 56 games they played under his leadership. He was also relatively unsuccessful on a personal level, scoring 1,671 runs in 116 innings in first-class cricket, at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 15.61. Nevertheless, he also played cricket for a number of clubs, including the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC), [[I Zingari]], [[Free Foresters]], [[Hampshire Hogs]] and [[Bradfield Waifs]]. | ||
After farming, he turned to publishing, first working on ''[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]]''. He joined the publishing company [[Mercury House (publishers)|Mercury House]], and persuaded his employer to buy the loss-making cricket magazine ''[[The Cricketer]]''. He bought the magazine from his employer in 1972 and left to run it with his wife Belinda. He merged the magazine with ''[[Playfair Cricket Monthly]]'' in 1973, and it thrived under his ownership. Under the stewardship of his youngest son Tim, ''The Cricketer'' went online in 1996 and formed a partnership with ''[[Cricinfo]]'' in 1997. It was bought by [[Sir Paul Getty]] in 2003 and amalgamated with ''[[Wisden Cricket Monthly]]'' to form ''[[The Wisden Cricketer]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketer/content/story/135929.html | title=The Cricketer - a history | publisher=The Cricketer via ESPN Cricinfo | access-date=14 December | After farming, he turned to publishing, first working on ''[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]]''. He joined the publishing company [[Mercury House (publishers)|Mercury House]], and persuaded his employer to buy the loss-making cricket magazine ''[[The Cricketer]]''. He bought the magazine from his employer in 1972 and left to run it with his wife Belinda. He merged the magazine with ''[[Playfair Cricket Monthly]]'' in 1973, and it thrived under his ownership. Under the stewardship of his youngest son Tim, ''The Cricketer'' went online in 1996 and formed a partnership with ''[[Cricinfo]]'' in 1997. It was bought by [[Sir Paul Getty]] in 2003 and amalgamated with ''[[Wisden Cricket Monthly]]'' to form ''[[The Wisden Cricketer]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketer/content/story/135929.html | title=The Cricketer - a history | publisher=The Cricketer via ESPN Cricinfo | access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref> | ||
He was involved with the establishment of [[The Cricketer Cup]] in 1967, an annual competition contested by the "old boys" of [[Independent school (UK)|public schools]], and the [[National Village Knockout]] competition in 1972. He also had the idea to stage a [[Cricket World Cup]] years before the first such event was staged. His approach to the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] about it, in 1974, did not progress because it was "too commercial". He also sat on the council of the [[Lord's Taverners]]. He was also an amateur artist. | He was involved with the establishment of [[The Cricketer Cup]] in 1967, an annual competition contested by the "old boys" of [[Independent school (UK)|public schools]], and the [[National Village Knockout]] competition in 1972. He also had the idea to stage a [[Cricket World Cup]] years before the first such event was staged. His approach to the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] about it, in 1974, did not progress because it was "too commercial". He also sat on the council of the [[Lord's Taverners]]. He was also an amateur artist. | ||
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